The umami flavor is rising more and more! Nagano Why is local chicken delicious?

Most of the commercially available chicken we usually see is a meat-specific variety called broilers. The breed was improved with an emphasis on economics such as food and number of breeding, and was created with the pursuit of efficiency and productivity, such as being able to ship after about 50 days of breeding.
Meanwhile, even today, broilers are the mainstream, there have been many calls for traditional, chewy local chicken. Nagano The prefectural livestock experimental facility developed it in 2004 over a period of about four years.ShinshuIt's a golden shamo. This local chicken has three distinctive characteristics: "Crunch, umami, and flavor," combining the father chicken with "shamo," which is well-known for its firm meat quality and taste, and the mother chicken with "Nagoya varieties (such as Nagoya Cochin)," which is characterized by its rich flavor. Their taste was so great that it won the grand prize at the Grand Championship Tournament, in which 10 previous champions of the 11th Chicken and Local Chicken Taste Contest of the 2015 Meat Industry Exhibition" decided on the 11th Chicken and Local Chicken Taste Contest.

Sasaki and his wife, Kiko. The chicken coop is located in the neighbouring town of Anan, and the chickens use sand to grind food from the sand, making them a special consideration for the river sand.

Cidoriya Kokko (Iida City)
Sasaki Yuyuki
Currently, there are 14 poultry farmers in the prefecture.ShinshuI raise golden shamos, but I have raised them myself.ShinshuIn addition to offering golden shamos at its own izakaya "Kiraku", it is Sasaki Yuyuki, a member of Iida City who actively promotes the company by participating in business meetings and local festivals.

Sasaki's most particular thing is to mix about 2% lactic acid bacteria into the food. It is said that by promoting intestinal regulation, it will greatly improve your health. What is even more particular about this is the chicken house building, which is masonry on the foundation to prevent rainwater from entering, and is raised above the surrounding ground. The hygiene management is also thoroughly maintained, and after shipment, the entire inside the chicken house is washed with water, sterilized and disinfected, and the litter (wood chips) are replaced. Additionally, chickens get excited when the chicken house is bright, so we have taken care to keep the chickens calm by blocking them light and making them lighter. Due to its excellent breeding skills, he was the second person in the poultry sector in 2017.ShinshuThis is the first time in Golden ShamoShinshuIt is certified as a "meat meister".

Yanagisawa says, "It is the responsibility of the breeder to create a stress-free breeding environment."

Toyahara Farm (Tōmi City）
Yanagisawa Yuichi
「ShinshuGolden Shamo is produced less than the three major local chickens in Japan and is less well-known, so many people will feel its deliciousness, and we want to get ahead of the "large number of other local chickens" to make it the largest shipment in the prefecture.Tōmi CityThis is Yanagisawa Yuichi, the representative of Toyahara Farm. The corporation was founded in 2017 and is a latecomer, but Yanagisawa is a veteran who has been involved in the poultry industry both inside and outside the prefecture for about 25 years. HometownTōmi CityHe was approached by the idea of ​​transforming local chicken into sixth-generation industry,ShinshuWe have launched the only business in the prefecture that consistently handles the development of golden shamos, processing and sales.

(Left) Chicken chicken house. The feed is also being researched, including adding live bacteria and vitamins to help chickens grow healthier.
(Right) Focusing on total product strength. We also developed a gift bacon (breast/thigh meat).

"Our strength is that we can constantly ship refrigerated in the prefecture. It tastes good. The reason why the liver and other internal organs are especially rated as excellent is probably because of their freshness."
Yanagisawa says this, and is currently researching long-term care. Females, which are usually shipped in about 120 days, are raised over 200 days, and the flavor becomes thicker and the sweeter is stronger. The response to sample shipment is also excellent.
Growing up with the bounty of nature Nagano Representative of the prefecture's local chickenShinshuGolden Shamo. The pride of the flavors also shows the enthusiasm of the producers.

Osawa exhibited "Sanada Maru" at the Meat Industry Exhibition in 2010 and won the Executive Committee Chairman's Award.

Osawa Farm (Ueda City)Osawa Shigeo
Nagano The local chickens of the prefectureShinshuIt's not just the golden shamo. The local chicken produced in Ueda City, which was also popular as the setting for the 2016 NHK Taiga drama "Sanada Maru," is known as the name "Sanada Maru." Nagano The only one producing "Shinano Chicken," developed by the Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station, as "Sanada Maru," is Osawa Shigeo, a company that has been raising the chicken since 2004 and has registered its trademark in 2007.

Osawa ran a gift shop in the city and sold free-range chicken eggs. Because they are caring, they have deep ties with the local community, and they began raising Sanada Maru through encouragement from the local chicken research group established by the JA Shinshu Ueda, Ueda Chamber of Commerce and Industry, etc.

Shiotadaira, a chicken coop at Osawa Farm, is said to be "ShinshuAlso known as the "Kamakura" of the "Kamakura" and many historic temples remain.

The chicken coops are all five buildings at the foot of Mt. Dokusui, located in Shiotadaira, rich in nature. Because it is important to keep a spacious chicken coop and fresh water in order to raise healthy chickens, we are constantly supplying new water by creating a system that lets water flow into a spacious chicken coop. Also, the chicken house is cleaned every time it is shipped, and the chicken house is covered with non-fermented canna litter, making it less likely to notice the smell of chicken manure and other substances. Although the chicken is nervous and wary, Osawa's chicken coop is impressive in how it grows freely in a large space. Furthermore, Osawa-san isShinshuI also raise golden shamos, but Sanada Maru has a milder temperament and seems to be moist and tender in meat.

Sanada Maru is characterized by its unique texture and juicy local chicken.ShinshuIt is just as fat as a golden shamo,TimesEven after this, the meat quality remains the same and does not compromise the deliciousness of the food, making it often used in luxury hotels, inns, and restaurants. Why not enjoy the thickness and deliciousness of the skin, which is significantly different from that of broiler?

1.ShinshuGolden Shamo
The feather color and golden browning of dishes are so golden that it was named in 2005 by cooking researcher Hattori Yukio and registered as an original prefecture brand.ShinshuGolden Shamo." It has a texture that has the finest meat quality of chamo and Nagoya, and a umami flavor filled with juicy juices, and is also rich in fat content, healthy and refreshing aftertaste.

2. Shinano Chicken
Shamo is her father and white Plymouth Rock is her mother Nagano Developed at the prefectural livestock farming testing center. Easy to keep and strong, with Sanada Maru, Shinano local chicken, Toyama local chicken, and MinamiShinshuIt is produced as a specialty chicken from various regions, such as "Kidori".

3.ShinshuGitaro Gunki
Surrounded by river terraces formed by the Alps and Tenryu RiverTatsuno TownThe gun chickens were free-ranged for about 140 days using water pumped from 300m underground and carefully selected feed. This is an original variety of "Forest Chicken Farm," which has been working on producing gun chickens for nearly 30 years since its predecessor, and has also appeared in the gourmet manga masterpiece "Oishinbo."